BREATHE! An Art Exhibition and Community Conversation

Wave Pool is located at 2940 Colerain Avenue (View on Google Map) and is open to the public Wednesday – Saturday 12-5pm. More information can be found at www.wavepoolgallery.org or call 513-257-0842.

Wave Pool’s Mission: Pairing communities’ knowledge of their needs with artists’ sense of possibility.

This exhibition and community dialogue was made possible through the generous support of the Stephen H. Wilder Foundation. For more information, please visit their website at: www.stephenhwilderfoundation.org

Erika Nj Allen is a Guatemalan-American multi-media artist who holds a BFA in photography from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. She works extensively in photography and ceramics. Her latest body of work symbolizes the resilience, not the struggles, the light, not the darkness, the joy of living, not the nightmares of depression, the evolution and adaptation, not the regression and maladaptation. For more information visit www.erikanjallen.com

Kim Anno is a director and producer, artist, and filmmaker who has screened her work in festivals and exhibited in museums nationally and internationally. She founded Wild Project, a non-profit, whose mission is “to collaborate world-wide through fearless art, film, and performance to inspire resiliency in the face of adversity.” She is currently in post-production on ¡Qubo! a documentary of the LGBTQ movement in Cuba along with films about sea level rise and climate change. For a list of her films and museum exhibitions visit  www.kimanno.com

Sharareh Khosravani is an Iranian-born artist based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her portfolio includes large installations, sculptures, paintings, interpretive work and book illustrations. Much of her work explores concepts of loss and otherness and invites the viewer to consider the fragility of their own position within a broader social context. She earned her MFA from the University of Cincinnati. A list of her exhibitions, projects and honors can be found at http://www.shararehkhosravani.com

Stephen Slaughter is known for his work as an architect, performance artist, and filmmaker. He is currently teaching in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and pursuing research in Southern Ohio focusing on digital fabrication and disaster relief. His LinkedIn profile is at: www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-slaughter-8744938

Flávia Bastos received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1999. She is a Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Humanities at the University of Cincinnati.  Her research and teaching are rooted in the community and are indebted to her Brazilian roots. Her many awards include the 2009 Ziegfeld Award of the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) and the Mary J. House Award of the National Art Education Association Women’s Caucus in 2007. An extensive list of her accomplishments and honors can be found at www.flaviabastos.com      

James P. Buchanan is Director Emeritus at the Brueggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier University and President of the Foreign Leadership Council. He was educated at Yale University and University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. in comparative religions and value systems. He also attended the Sorbonne in Paris, The University of Moscow and the University of Beijing. His teaching and research have focused on ethics, global systems and interfaith dialogue. For more about Professor Buchanan visit fplcohio.org/about/board-of-directors and www.xavier.edu/dialogue/index

Jeanetta Darno, SPHR, joined UC Health in January 2020 as the organization’s first chief diversity officer. In her role, Jeanetta is responsible for leading efforts to advance our actions and behaviors that support an inclusive culture at all levels, and promote our reputation as a great place to work for all. For more about Jeanetta Darno, visit her LinkedIn profile at: www.linkedin.com/in/jeanetta-darno

Iris Roley was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Iris is a wife of 23 years to Jesse Roley, a mother of 3, and grandmother of 5. Iris is the proud partner of RoSho Awards & Graphics, the only Black Owned engraving company in the region. Her company provides promotional items, awards, trophies, plaques, custom apparel and signage for the past 15 years. Iris is an original member of the Cincinnati Black United Front. As the Project Manager for the CBUF, in November 2000, Iris implemented a plan of action to address the wrongful deaths of two unarmed black men by the Cincinnati Police Department. Iris and the CBUF led the effort to mobilize the Cincinnati African American community to report, collect, and document over 400 instances of police brutality and misconduct.